Japanese users can sign up for "Yahoo Ending," which sends out digital farewell messages to loved ones, and scrubs all personal data from the company's system once Yahoo confirms the user has passed.

In partnership with local funeral service companies, the portal also promises to help with arrangements (including securing a cemetery plot and memorial service), and walk you through the basics of writing a last will.

And, as the Wall Street Journal pointed out, Yahoo Ending will create a tribute site to launch after the user's death, where friends and family can leave condolences. The memorial space allows for a bio, photos, videos, messages, and an invitation to the funeralsimilar to how people use Facebook pages to remember the deceased.

Perhaps most importantly, Yahoo Ending subscribers can kick the bucket with some peace of mind: If selected, the service will expunge any charges to Yahoo's digital wallet, and delete all texts and images saved to Yahoo Box storage.

"This will prevent one's important private information from remaining online after one passes," Yahoo Japan said. But don't try faking your death just to erase any online history: The company will verify all casualties via a government-issued certificate of permission to cremate, according to the Journal.

Stephanie began as a PCMag reporter in May 2012. She moved to New York City from Frederick, Md., where she worked for four years as a multimedia reporter at the second-largest daily newspaper in Maryland. She interned at Baltimore magazine and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (in the town of Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania) with a degree in journalism and mass communications.
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